Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust announced the latest situation today.
This takes the numbers of deaths in Nottinghamshire to 54 – On 2 April Nottingham University Hospitals announced that two more deaths had been recorded, taking the total for the trust to 31.
Richard Mitchell, Chief Executive at Sherwood Forest Hospitals said:
‘Sherwood Forest Hospitals is currently treating patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Sadly, we can confirm that 23 patients being cared for at our hospitals, and had tested positive for COVID-19, have died.
Nine of those have been announced today.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the families and friends of those patients at this very difficult and distressing time.’
